NO and Studio Customer Complaints - Web based apps and network Issues

[Bastiaan Olij]

Hey Stephen,

Seeing we've got our clients connecting to a database over the internet, 
we've implemented a small testing window that will create a large volume 
of records inside of a test table and then read that data back with a 
select query. The table basically has a column that can hold a fairly 
large bit of text and we'll create say 10.000 rows where the text has 
some random lorem ipsum text (I wrote a small lipsum generator so each 
row has unique data).

Creating the data gives a decent metric for effective upload speed, 
reading the data back gives a decent metric for effective download 
speed, and it is a speed more accurate to what your application actually 
is allocated for bandwidth.

Cheers,

Bas

On 6/03/2023 3:59 pm, Stephen Miller wrote:
> Hi All
>
> I have been thinking with respect to web-based apps. Developers are really
> losing control over the performance of their apps due to the vagaries of
> the bandwidth at any point in time.
>
> I, for example, have 5G wireless, and am guaranteed 100 mbps and normally
> get 180 mbps. But today I am getting 20 mbps.
>
> Got me thinking that developers must be using some independent method of
> testing the bandwidth at any point in time which led me to speedtest dot
> net.
>
> Ookla has an api for developers which runs on linux and MAC which led to
> this posting.
>
> I was curious how others do it. Do you just ping your server and a known
> reliable web-site - I use www.ibm dot com to get a performance base
> normally,  or do you just not worry about it and just take the calls from
> irate customers?
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> Stephen Miller
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Kindest Regards,

Bastiaan Olij
Unit 58 / 35-39 Fontenoy Road
Macquarie Park NSW 2113
Australia
bastiaan at muxworks.com.au
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